Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of estates where liable for inheritance tax in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England in the last financial year for which figures are available.

The information requested is published each year as part of Table 12.12 of the Inheritance Tax Official statistics, The most recent year for which these figures are available is 2012-13 and can be found at the following link : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-1212-provisional-numbers-of-taxpaying-estates-passing-on-death-in-2012-to-2013.